MEMORIALS
Esteban J. Karplus ’59
Steve died April 11, 2002. He was living in Scarsdale, N.Y., at the time. The cause of death is unknown. Steve was born in Vienna…
George G. Thouron Jr. ’59
George died Feb. 13, 2002, at St. Simons Island, Ga., after a long illness. He grew up in Wilmington, Del., and prepared for Princeton at…
Richard H. Kessler ’59
Dick died on Dec. 26, 2001, in NYC, after a brief battle with cancer. Dick was born and grew up in NYC. He attended Millbrook…
John D. Lavagnino ’59
John died in California on May 6, 1996. We learned of his death from the Social Security Death Index. His last known residence was LA…
C. Thornton Murphy ’59
Thornton Murphy died Oct. 12, 2001, of injuries sustained in a fall at his home in Batavia, Ill. Thornton grew up in Oberlin, Ohio, and…
Henry Bartholomew Cox ’59
Bart Cox, a distinguished historian, died April 8, 2007, at his home in Fort Washington, Md. He had suffered from Alzheimer’s disease. Bart attended the…
Robert E. Kaye ’59
Bob Kaye died Aug. 10, 2006. Bob’s last known residence was in New York City. We were unable to ascertain the cause or place of…
Charles Cornelius Smith Jr. ’59
“Corky” Smith died June 3, 2007, in Jacksonville, Fla.. Corky came to Princeton from The Hill School, where he played varsity golf. He continued his…
Frank G. Denig ’59
Frank died in Connecticut on Sept. 1, 2001, of multiple myeloma. A native of NYC, Frank majored in history at Princeton, took meals at Terrace…
William Alexander Volckhausen ’59
Bill, distinguished banker, lawyer, and law professor, died of Parkinson's disease on Sept. 10, 2001, in NYC. Bill majored in English, minored in Chinese, and…
Joseph R. Burns ’59 *62
Joe "Red," electrical engineer and inventor, died at his home in West Trenton on Apr. 18, 2001. A member of Cannon Club at Princeton, Joe…
Jon L. Plexico ’59
Jon Plexico, a resident of Chatham, Mass., died of a stroke in San Francisco on Feb. 26, 2001. Jon, born in Detroit, prepared for Princeton…
Memorial PAWcasts
Remembering Bill Miller ’55
"When Bill was at Elm Club, as an undergraduate, he wasn’t especially remarkable. As a person in the landman field, I don’t think he was especially remarkable there. But he…
Remembering Jennifer Parmelee ’80
“Jenni had the deepest sense of responsibility to give back and to do good and to support the little guy. … as time went on, she never lost that sense…
Remembering Victor Brombert
“Brombert was very concerned that I talk about his love of teaching. He said, ‘My love isn’t war, it’s teaching and I hope you’ll find a place to mention that,’…
Remembering Karl Hummel ’67
“What’s unique about Karl is he represented all these great, broad, national economic and management and philosophy trends. He touched on every one of them. I don’t know many other…
Remembering Isabella De La Houssaye ’86
‘We had a rule. You can’t compare yourself to Isabella because fool’s errand. But whatever race you were on, you always could push yourself further thinking of her and thinking…
Remembering Ernie T. Pascarella ’65
‘Just so that everybody knows, this was one outstanding guy in every way,’ said Cosmo Iacavazzi ’65
Remembering Joe Schein ’37
Joe Schein ’37 the oldest living alum in Princeton's history at the time of his death. He carried the 1923 Silver Cane eight times at the P-rade during Reunions.
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December 2025
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